arcad
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arca, arcae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
box, chest; strong-box, coffer; wealth, money; coffin, bier; cell, cage; ark;; ark (Noah's); Ark of the Covenant;; quadrangular landmark for surveyors;
abl. sg.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Alcides non minor ipso, Creta, Tonante. Flete Herculeos, Arcades, obitus, nondum Phoebe nascente genus: iuga Parthenii ~Nemeaeque sonent..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...verbis intellegi, quod inter vitia ellipsis vocatur: "Arcades ad portas ruere". Mihi hanc figuram esse magis placet, illic..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fortasse uolucres Thebanique canes? patriae quid deinde feretis, Arcades? en reduces contra uenit aspera mater: funus..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Sparte praesaga reclusis uidit Amyclaeos (facinus!) concurrere fratres. Arcades insanas latrare Lycaonis umbras nocte ferunt tacita, saeuo decurrere..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...reductum occupat, et longe primus ferit ostia portae. Arcades arma fremunt, armis defendere regem, ni raptum decus..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sublimis agebat, dulce rubens uiridique genas spectabilis aeuo. Arcades huic ueteres astris lunaque priores agmina fida datis, nemorum..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...praeterlabitur unda Sicanios longe relegens Alpheos amores: Arcades hic tua (nec pudor est) delubra nefastis imposuere locis, illic..."Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...Argivos in eisque hoc posuisset, animum advertere debere Arcades, qualis utraque civitas civis procreasset, ex quibus de ceteris..."